The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the effort to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding. The group's marriage and pro-life committees wrote a letter to House and Senate lawmakers Thursday, the same day anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation's capital for a lobbying effort that targets federal Medicaid funding for the abortion provider, Catholic News Agency reported Monday.

Former Planned Parenthood employee Mayra Rodriguez told Newsmax the feelings affecting everyone involved with an abortion are hard to overcome. Rodriguez told "Saturday Agenda" the impact can only be described as "trauma." "There is trauma for women who had abortions. There's trauma for women who participate in working on abortion, doctors working on abortion. There's trauma." The former employee and later Director of a Planned Parenthood office said she is away from that difficult situation, now working with the organization And Then There Were None to offer aid and support...

WASHINGTON — Toni McFadden was only a senior in high school when she walked through the doors of what she describes as a "death facility." A Planned Parenthood center filled her with the "false hope" that the abortion would give her "already unstable relationship a fighting chance." The country's largest abortion provider gave the student abortion drugs, assuring her that any bleeding would be just like "a heavy period." But the drugs would later cause McFadden to suffer from severe hemorrhage while she was at school. "Abortion doesn't bring healing;...

Planned Parenthood officials and its affiliate CEOs are pulling in large, six-figure salaries, according to a new report. The American Life League, a pro-life advocacy group, published its "2025 Report on Planned Parenthood CEO Compensation" on Thursday. The report was compiled based on research conducted from November 2024 through January of this year, and primarily includes salaries and figures from fiscal year 2023 that spans October 2022 through September 2023. The remaining statistics came from fiscal year 2022.

link to download the audio instead. link to download the audio instead. Top headlines for Thursday, March 27, 2025 In this episode, we explore the White House's stance on Planned Parenthood funding, amidst swirling reports of a potential grant freeze. Next, we'll discuss the uproar caused by a new KFC ad in the UK and Ireland, which has sparked hundreds of complaints over perceived mockery of religious practices. Plus, we turn our attention to the University of North Carolina Asheville, where tensions have escalated after an attack on a pro-life...

President Trump said Tuesday he might pursue criminal charges against Planned Parenthood officials for their alleged role in trafficking the organs of aborted fetuses. His disclosure came the same day the Trump administration is taking steps to freeze tens of millions of dollars in federal family-planning grants sent to the organization, a move aimed at defunding the group that provides health services to women, including abortions. When asked if he would open a federal probe into the harvesting allegations, the president told reporters, “I think you are talking about a...

President Trump and his administration have an opportunity to protect vulnerable human lives while at the same time ensuring that women and families receive true health care in the comfort of their own communities. That opportunity starts with defunding Planned Parenthood, which is currently raking in nearly $700 million each year in taxpayer funding, all while have committed serious ethical violations — from covering up child sex abuse to aiding sex traffickers. Here are some actions that could be taken to end the funding flowing to this corporation, which has...